Aus

[unzippy]

Spent Christmas in Tasmania, delightful as always:

Straight down to the jetty that evening:


Eatable sized Aussie Salmon:


Some car spots from Tas:









Last fish of the holiday:

[JLv3.0]

Not regretting that move Dave, are you

[unzippy]

Ying and yang mate. Rough with the smooth.

[KiwiDave]

It's all smooth you soft tart, what you moaning about?

[JLv3.0]

Dat's da joke

[unzippy]

Being half the world away from family and mates gets pretty rough at times.

[JLv3.0]

Ah - sorry, my bad.

[JonMad]

Whereabouts in Tasmania, out of interest? I have relatives in Penguin. We visited a few years back, only went as far as Stanley to the West and Cradle Mountain down a bit.

[unzippy]

The other end. The inlaws are 20 mins outside of Hobart - spread through Kingston, Margate, Snug and Kettering.

[unzippy]

Drove to Tas for Christmas.



Was delightful.





While I'm not on fire in Melbourne, it's still pretty shitty.

Yesterday on the way to work:




This morning:




Our work website has been smashed (https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/for-community/airwatch)
Max load ever was 97 users a minute, avalanche tested at 211 users a minute.
Yesterday, 4000 users a minute

[Broccers]

Still enjoying it?

[unzippy]

Still enjoying it?

In parts

[Broccers]

Still enjoying it?

In parts

I've never been. Time zone is the issue these days.

What's the cost of living like.

[unzippy]

Still enjoying it?

In parts

I've never been. Time zone is the issue these days.

What's the cost of living like.

In Melb:
Booze is more expensive.
Broadband and mobile plans are more expensive.
Food shopping is similar.
Petrol is cheaper.
Eating out is cheaper.
I think renting is cheaper - we are paying the same as London but are 20 mins away from the center of town rather than 45 mins we were in London.

https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/interac ... vs-london/

[Rich B]

In parts

I've never been. Time zone is the issue these days.

What's the cost of living like.

In Melb:
Booze is more expensive.
Broadband and mobile plans are more expensive.
Food shopping is similar.
Petrol is cheaper.
Eating out is cheaper.
I think renting is cheaper - we are paying the same as London but are 20 mins away from the center of town rather than 45 mins we were in London.

https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/interac ... vs-london/

and from that link it looks like salaries are pretty much equivalent?

[unzippy]

Mine isn't.
Currently looking after a Service Desk of 6.
London was half an IT dept of 3 teams of 10.

I'm on the same money in Aus, I think there's still a bit of mystique here that has evaporated in the UK.